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Rospotrebnadzor called the signs of alcohol poisoning

Signs of alcohol poisoning and its surrogates can include nausea, vomiting, feelings of dizziness, dizziness, abdominal pain, excruciating headache

Portable operating room

A portable operating room was developed at MIT: it fits in a backpack

The Human Proteome project has been launched in China

Chinese scientists have joined the international project "Human Proteome".

Renaissance creates a fund for investments in the pharmaceutical industry

Renaissance Investment Management Management Company plans to open the first mutual fund on the Russian market, which will invest shareholders' funds in the medical services market and pharmaceuticals.

A pill for cancer prevention?

Scientists at the University of Oklahoma have identified the compound SHetA2, which prevents cell malignancy and suppresses tumor growth and the formation of tumor blood vessels.

Lose weight without dieting and at the same time reduce blood pressure?

Gene transplantation led to partial restoration of vision in four practically blind patients with congenital eye disease. Such results were obtained by two independent teams of scientists from the USA and the UK, the New England Journal of Medicine reports.

Record increase in life expectancy

The life expectancy of cats and dogs in Israel has increased by an average of 42% over the past decade. At the same time, pets not only began to live longer, but also became healthier.

Cells instead of a pacemaker: difficult, dangerous, but possible

Genzyme and Sanofi: to spite my mother-in-law, will I tear out my eye?

The American biotech company Genzyme has announced the sale of its genetic research division to Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings.

Roll, cage, big and small

Two types of microRNAs, miR-1 and miR-133, associated with the development of muscle tissue, not only stimulate the formation of heart muscle tissue, but also actively suppress genes whose functioning leads to the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cells of other types, for example, neurons or osteocytes.

Arthritis helped to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease will probably be defeated with the help of arthritis. More precisely, a protein that is synthesized in cells with this disease affecting the joints.

Nerves in a test tube – another step

There are about a million atoms in the fibrinogen molecule, and it took scientists about six months to calculate the model of its stretching.

Electronic nose for intestinal infection

OdoReader analyzes gases evaporated by patient stool samples and detects the presence of Clostridium difficile, the causative agent of a dangerous hospital infection of the gastrointestinal tract.

Diabetes Cell therapy: another breakthrough

Tiny sensors are embedded in the fabric of such clothes, registering information about movements and indicators of vital functions of the body – breathing, heart rate, temperature of various parts of the body. The data can be analyzed remotely using the built-in GPRS transmitters.

Modified herpes virus against neuroblastoma

Reprogrammed cells: a record of productivity and precocity

The new method gives a more than two-hundredfold increase in the efficiency of reprogramming and a reduction in the period to two weeks compared to the "old" methods using four transcription factors.

Suspended sentence for unconditional falsification

The court found Hwang Woo Suk, convicted in 2006 of falsifying the results of stem cell cloning experiments, guilty of embezzlement of budget funds and sentenced him to three years of probation.

Rituximab slows down the development of multiple sclerosis

Sick, wake up! It's time to take a sleeping pill!

Thanks to the microchips that are implanted into each tablet, the receiver tracks each intake of the drug. If the patient has not taken the medicine at the time set by the doctor, the receiver sends him a text message with a reminder.

An intermediary between unsaturated fatty acids and the genome has been identified

Many of the genes activated by unsaturated fatty acids are involved in the breakdown of these compounds for energy. Most likely, this mechanism protects the liver from the accumulation of unsaturated fatty acids.